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6:30 am. Still awake. Must be all of the napping that I did in the truck all day today. I feel bad about it, but when you spend nearly 24/7 with someone there isn't much to talk about that you didn't mutually experience. I can't really tell him stories of the road since he was right there with me the whole time. We can rehash the same plans out for the future over and over again but that eventually gets old as well. No radio and the Mary Kate and Ashley boom box isn't loud enough to be heard over the noise of the truck, so we each listen to our respective headphones or cell phones and it makes for a boring silence.
The past few days haven't been too rough. Lack of motivation and dragging of heels--but once we got to the shows the work wasn't that bad. It's rough only having 100-200 CDs a night to pass out to a crowd of thousands. It's hard to keep things low-key when we have a bright painted up truck with a roof deck just begging for a jackass with a megaphone to get on top of it and throw off free stuff. This just isn't the tour for that--it could be, but...we won't get into that.
Got to see Count the Stars again. They're doing great and get better and better each time I see them. Word has it that they did stellar in merch sales on the Taking Back Sunday tour..I'm so happy for them. It was a hometown show and I got to meet Chris's mom and little sister. I'm forever indebted to American Hi-Fi for touring with them (and to amanda d).
Gotta pimp the plan b as well. We've been up in the northeast for a little while now and we've run into drummer Andy at several shows. He's travelling around on his own dime promoting his band and getting email addresses from people he gives CDs to. The band follows up and tries to get opinions of their music from everyone. I completely admire their dedication and work ethic..hope it pans out for them. If you drop by their site feel free to sign their guestbook and let them know that the guys from the Island truck sent ya.
The past few days haven't been too rough. Lack of motivation and dragging of heels--but once we got to the shows the work wasn't that bad. It's rough only having 100-200 CDs a night to pass out to a crowd of thousands. It's hard to keep things low-key when we have a bright painted up truck with a roof deck just begging for a jackass with a megaphone to get on top of it and throw off free stuff. This just isn't the tour for that--it could be, but...we won't get into that.
Got to see Count the Stars again. They're doing great and get better and better each time I see them. Word has it that they did stellar in merch sales on the Taking Back Sunday tour..I'm so happy for them. It was a hometown show and I got to meet Chris's mom and little sister. I'm forever indebted to American Hi-Fi for touring with them (and to amanda d).
Gotta pimp the plan b as well. We've been up in the northeast for a little while now and we've run into drummer Andy at several shows. He's travelling around on his own dime promoting his band and getting email addresses from people he gives CDs to. The band follows up and tries to get opinions of their music from everyone. I completely admire their dedication and work ethic..hope it pans out for them. If you drop by their site feel free to sign their guestbook and let them know that the guys from the Island truck sent ya.